Artur Martirosian Wins Fourth Career Bracelet In $25K WSOP High Roller 6-Handed ($1,286,285)

Martirosian Dominates The Final Table From Start To Finish

He eliminated Klemens Roiter in 7th place: QTo beat AJo in a BvB all-in for a 17-big-blind pot. The board ran out AKT8J.

He knocked out Marius Gierse in 5th place: K 3 beat A 9 in another BvB battle for a 14-big-blind pot. The board came 9 10 A K J .

Martirosian then eliminated Yosuke Miki in 4th place. Miki opened, Martirosian shoved with AJo, and Miki called with ATo. The pot was worth 48 big blinds, and the Jack-kicker played. After the hand, Martirosian held 99 big blinds, while Sean Winter had 45.5 big blinds and Pavel Plesuv had 35 big blinds.

Three-handed play lasted another 50 minutes. Plesuv eliminated Winter with an effective stack of 26.5 big blinds. Plesuv opened pocket nines, Winter three-bet with AKo, and the chips went in on a 9QK flop.

Martirosian and Plesuv began heads-up play with 74 and 76 big blinds, respectively. It took another two hours to determine a winner. In the final hand, Artur won a coin flip with pocket fours against A9o in a 54-big-blind pot.

Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts (242 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Artur Martirosian	$1,286,285
2		Pavel Plesuv	$857,510
3		Sean Winter	$597,635
4		Yosuke Miki	$421,718
5		Marius Gierse	$301,347
6		Chance Kornuth	$218,091
7		Klemens Roiter	$159,884

Artur Martirosian’s complete bracelet list:

• 2026 — $25K High Roller
• 2025 — $25K Heads-Up Championship
• 2023 — $800 Flip & Go WSOP Paradise
• 2023 — $10K WSOP Online GGPoker Heads-Up Championship

21-Year-Old Brayden Lou Turns His Dream Into Reality And Wins A Bracelet In $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Brayden Lou played just the fourth tournament of his life.

After graduating from Gordon College in Boston, Brayden and his father, Damon Lou, were driving back to California. They planned their trip so they could stop in Las Vegas for the WSOP and play at least one event.

The plan worked out better than they could have imagined.

Lou played the $1,500 Monster Stack but failed to get in the money. However, he shared a table with Michael Mizrachi and even eliminated him from the tournament, creating a memory he’ll never forget.

What Lou could not have imagined was that the trip would end with a WSOP bracelet.

Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts (4,100 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Brayden Lou	$196,066
2		Jason Hoffman	$130,441
3		Stephen Ma	$93,368
4		Aaron Hendi	$71,806
5		Sam Ruha	$53,969
6		James Wong	$40,916
7		Chris Hunichen	$31,294
8		Alexander Ho	$24,148
9		Edgar Antezana	$18,101

Christopher Alcindor Wins $1,500 Big O For $387,110

Christopher Alcindor is a professional grinder. In the past, he regularly played online for up to 80 hours per week. He also had plenty of live experience, with roughly $400K in tournament earnings before this event.

Big O is his favorite game. In fact, it was the main reason he came to the WSOP.

After six hours of final-table play — including three hours of six-handed action — Alcindor captured the bracelet he had been chasing and nearly doubled his lifetime live earnings.

Event #22: $1,500 Big O Final Table Payouts (2,150 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Christopher Alcindor	$387,110
2		James Roullier	$258,690
3		Scott Abrams	$187,150
4		Dimitri Melissourgos	$136,820
5		Song Wang	$101,128
6		Thomas Koral	$75,600
7		Anthony Reategui	$57,150
8		Senovio Ramirez	$43,700